Prevalent and persistent viral infection in cultures of the coral algal endosymbiont Symbiodinium

Weynberg, KD; Neave, M; Clode, PL; Voolstra, CR; Brownlee, C; Laffy, P; Webster, NS; Levin, RA; Wood-Charlson, EM; van Oppen, MJH

Prevalent and persistent viral infection in cultures of the coral algal endosymbiont Symbiodinium

Weynberg, KD Neave, M Clode, PL Voolstra, CR Brownlee, C Laffy, P Webster, NS Levin, RA Wood-Charlson, EM van Oppen, MJH

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Citation:: Coral Reefs, 2017, 36 (3), pp. 773 - 784
Issue Date:: 2017-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Weynberg, KD	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Neave, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Clode, PL	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Voolstra, CR	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Brownlee, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Laffy, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Webster, NS	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Levin, RA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wood-Charlson, EM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	van Oppen, MJH	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Coral Reefs, 2017, 36 (3), pp. 773 - 784	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0722-4028	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/125246
dc.description.abstract	© 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Reef corals are under threat from bleaching and disease outbreaks that target both the host animal and the algal symbionts within the coral holobiont. A viral origin for coral bleaching has been hypothesized, but direct evidence has remained elusive. Using a multifaceted approach incorporating flow cytometry, transmission electron microscopy, DNA and RNA virome sequencing, we show that type C1 Symbiodinium cultures host a nucleocytoplasmic large double-stranded DNA virus (NCLDV) related to Phycodnaviridae and Mimiviridae, a novel filamentous virus of unknown phylogenetic affiliation, and a single-stranded RNA virus related to retroviruses. We discuss implications of these findings for laboratory-based experiments using Symbiodinium cultures.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Coral Reefs	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s00338-017-1568-7	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	en_US
dc.title	Prevalent and persistent viral infection in cultures of the coral algal endosymbiont Symbiodinium	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	36	en_US
utslib.for	0401 Atmospheric Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	0502 Environmental Science and Management	en_US
utslib.for	0602 Ecology	en_US
utslib.for	04 Earth Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	05 Environmental Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	06 Biological Sciences	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	36	en_US

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© 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Reef corals are under threat from bleaching and disease outbreaks that target both the host animal and the algal symbionts within the coral holobiont. A viral origin for coral bleaching has been hypothesized, but direct evidence has remained elusive. Using a multifaceted approach incorporating flow cytometry, transmission electron microscopy, DNA and RNA virome sequencing, we show that type C1 Symbiodinium cultures host a nucleocytoplasmic large double-stranded DNA virus (NCLDV) related to Phycodnaviridae and Mimiviridae, a novel filamentous virus of unknown phylogenetic affiliation, and a single-stranded RNA virus related to retroviruses. We discuss implications of these findings for laboratory-based experiments using Symbiodinium cultures.

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